CANADA: Will water issues hamper oil sands production?
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- Water is essential
- Mining
- Production in situ
- Intensive water use
- Conventional drilling demand
- Competing water demands
- Future water sources
- Draining the Athabasca?
- Remedial steps?
- Barriers to development
- Instream-flow requirements
- Government regulation?
- Reduced summer availability
- The Peace-Athabasca wetlands
- Water quality concerns
- Impact on industry
- Technological solutions?
- Outlook
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